OOC: I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE BANDWAGON.
Apr. 30th, 2009 08:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Because this is my fa-vo-rite time of the yeaaar.
John Mitchell, Cool Vampire Coolly on the Wagon.
So. My first teacher since what feels like decades is Mitchell (he doesn't use his first name. At all). He comes from a fun little BBC show called Being Human (yeah, me and the BBC, go fig) that just finished its first season in the UK. Being Human is the story of three people - a ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire - who move into the same house together. Hilarious? Yes. Engaging and serious and dramatic and all the rest? Also yes. It's an amazing little series.
Anyway. On to Mitchell! He's about a hundred years old, having been turned into a vampire during the First World War. He's also Irish, and you can still hear traces of it in his accent, but he's not precisely a stereotypical jolly ol' leprechaun, here. He spent quite some time building up a reputation as the vampire with the blackest heart in all of the UK, if not more.
And then... he stopped. He didn't get a soul, no one redeemed him, he just grew tired of pain and slaughter and cruelty. Being Human sees him figuring out how to be a moral person away from the blood, and while we'll be tweaking canon a little for it (obviously, he's pre-canon, as he and George haven't moved into the haunted house yet) that's basically how he's coming into Fandom.
Mitchell himself is a nice guy, looking for some humanity and connection, and cool enough to manage it for the most part. Hell, he even managed to make friends by utilizing his astonishing ability to listen to a man talk about Vin Diesel for hours. He's helpful, quiet-ish, good with kids, and just the right amount of snarky.
He's also, as noted, a vampire. In Being Human canon, that means sunlight isn't lethal (but his eyes are sensitive, ergo he wears sunglasses outside), stakes only kill him after being left in for a few minutes, his image doesn't get reflected in anything laced with silver (such as video cameras and mirrors), he can't enter a home without being invited, and most importantly, when he drinks blood, it has to come straight out of the human. There's no convenient work-arounds for Mitchell. In order to be a moral person, he has to be on the wagon 24/7, quit full-turkey, the works. Sometimes, he might get tempted, but at this stage he's mostly in control of himself. When the bloodlust does poke its head up, you'll be able to tell because Mitchell's eyes will go black.
He also has the usual enhanced strength/durability/speed-whatnot, but with the caveat that he's not as powerful because he's not on the red stuff, durr.
Finally, he's arriving here as George (
wantstobehuman)'s guardian, so to speak. He saved the boy from being trounced by other vampires and has dragged him along to Fandom to give him somewhere to settle with himself and his condition.
Any other questions?
And now the rest of my kids in bullet points...
Prince Arthur Pendragon, Noble Asshole (
bitch_prince)
- is of royal birth and bloody well knows it (but trust us, he used to be far worse);
- does have an intimate knowledge of manners, but refrains from them if they're not worth his time;
- is here with his manservant, Merlin,
bigdamndestiny, with whom he has a odd friendship, and is not fond of Merlin's girlfriend
thatsamilkshake for reasons he won't go into, even if he does kind of like her;
- can be kind of a manho but only in the right circumstances, involving closed doors and no risk of pregnancy (and where else would I ever write that?);
- is the best damn swordsman in Albion - his only loss in recent years was to some chap named Lancelot - and not too bad out here, being the normal, powerless human equivalent of a tank;
- runs the Fandom Reserve along with Leto Atreides the Second, much to his occasional frustration;
- has more daddy issues than even Gabrielle could shake a stick at;
- often scarily competent at whatever he does choose to put his mind to;
- is actually kind of a good, noble and benevolent guy who just happens to also be an arrogant, reckless jackass at the same time;
- raised in an environment where magic was considered evil and punishable by death - still dealing with finding out that Merlin is a sorcerer and the magic of Fandom in general;
- is, yes, That Arthur, Once and Future King who will Unite All of Albion, although you wouldn't always say it to listen to him.
Special note on Arthur: we're not metaing Arthurian legend. That means your character is fine to know about Arthurian legends, have encountered whatever in their own canon, etc, just as long as it's not the specific events of Merlin-the-series. If you bring up the legends, Arthur will think you're insane. It's fun like that. And, hey, reality never quite looks as rosy as the stories, does it?
Ender Wiggin, Damaged Boy Genius (
endsthegame)
- saved his world by being tricked into destroying an entire species, nevermind killing two boys in the line of his training;
- was relentlessly manipulated throughout and may have more issues than any one shrink would know how to deal with;
- has a close friend in
momslilassassin, who almost approaches his level of damaged but not quite;
- will be receiving a surprising package in the form of his sister, Valentine, when he'd been hoping for a ticket out of Fandom;
- is only a mite bit obsessed with the species he destroyed, really;
- thinks way, way, way, way, way too much;
- is a brilliant strategist, but refuses to use those talents any more if he can help it;
- is kind of withdrawn because he doesn't have a reason not to be, not because he's actually shy;
- works at Stark Industries, the only place he actually learns anything in.
Cable, Enigmatic Mayor of Fandom Town. (
spring_lost)
- is quite possibly the most cryptic man on earth;
- stole a baby a while ago and is raising her right now. She's supposed to save the future;
- is dating
mouthy_merc right now and yes they're special, just roll with it;
- also runs the Wellspring Arms, where guns only get sold to the worthy;
- likes big guns. Very big guns. Not dirty.
- once tried to set up his own world order through peaceful cooperation and development of alternate technologies. That evil fiend;
- telepathic and telekinetic like woah;
- soldier-philosopher type;
- generally knows more than he lets on, and this might pertain to Fandom, too - although he doesn't always actually know, he does always, always leaves people with the impression that he does;
- is half-metal, all-mutant, scarred-up, and in possession of a left eye that flashes for reasons we've given up on sorting out.
Ray Kowalski, Rambling Cop (
headkickpoet)
- formerly a detective, but got promoted to sergeant during the zombie invasion;
- is coincidentally also not trying to think about that too much, or any of the other insanity on the island;
- blames long-time best friend/UST partner
just_add_starch for it;
- is currently dating
lots_of_olives and still can't believe his luck;
- works at the Fandom PD alongside Daisy Day and Dale Cooper;
- cannot believe that harpies actually freaking hit on him that time;
- has an awesome car parked out in the lot and still can't believe the freaking parking lot is in another state, what the hell;
- has no powers except rapid-fire speech and the ability to kick in a few heads.
And for my ex-pats alumni, the short version:
Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of Blades (
on_her_korhal)
- used to be a teacher at Fandom;
- is now a war queen of the Zerg, looking to come out on top in the civil war for control of the species;
- dragged along
moonbrain_tam into her personal hell, and is glad for the company.
Jeff Murdock, Welsh Flailmeister. (
scary_jeff)
- dated
stocksgrrl all through high school;
- is moving out early in order to avoid his mother, god help us all;
- cannot talk to women and is generally considered insane because of his tendency to blurt and come up with theories about everything ever;
- knows more about porn than you ever will;
- is leaving a giant Saint Bernard, Nana, back in Fandom;
- always felt Fandom's strangeness was preferable to modern living.
And that's me. No, wait, this is me:
Len, to be found on AIM at ScaryWlsh or ShootingUnicorns (my more characterly up to date IM), 22 years old, and very, very excrutiatingly Dutch. That means I'm on the CET timezone, which is about six hours away from yous guys on the East Coast. I'm a journalism student, and I'm friendly, I swear, if inclined to ramble endlessly about things you might not even be interested in. And abuse parenthesiseseses. Hi!
John Mitchell, Cool Vampire Coolly on the Wagon.
So. My first teacher since what feels like decades is Mitchell (he doesn't use his first name. At all). He comes from a fun little BBC show called Being Human (yeah, me and the BBC, go fig) that just finished its first season in the UK. Being Human is the story of three people - a ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire - who move into the same house together. Hilarious? Yes. Engaging and serious and dramatic and all the rest? Also yes. It's an amazing little series.
Anyway. On to Mitchell! He's about a hundred years old, having been turned into a vampire during the First World War. He's also Irish, and you can still hear traces of it in his accent, but he's not precisely a stereotypical jolly ol' leprechaun, here. He spent quite some time building up a reputation as the vampire with the blackest heart in all of the UK, if not more.
And then... he stopped. He didn't get a soul, no one redeemed him, he just grew tired of pain and slaughter and cruelty. Being Human sees him figuring out how to be a moral person away from the blood, and while we'll be tweaking canon a little for it (obviously, he's pre-canon, as he and George haven't moved into the haunted house yet) that's basically how he's coming into Fandom.
Mitchell himself is a nice guy, looking for some humanity and connection, and cool enough to manage it for the most part. Hell, he even managed to make friends by utilizing his astonishing ability to listen to a man talk about Vin Diesel for hours. He's helpful, quiet-ish, good with kids, and just the right amount of snarky.
He's also, as noted, a vampire. In Being Human canon, that means sunlight isn't lethal (but his eyes are sensitive, ergo he wears sunglasses outside), stakes only kill him after being left in for a few minutes, his image doesn't get reflected in anything laced with silver (such as video cameras and mirrors), he can't enter a home without being invited, and most importantly, when he drinks blood, it has to come straight out of the human. There's no convenient work-arounds for Mitchell. In order to be a moral person, he has to be on the wagon 24/7, quit full-turkey, the works. Sometimes, he might get tempted, but at this stage he's mostly in control of himself. When the bloodlust does poke its head up, you'll be able to tell because Mitchell's eyes will go black.
He also has the usual enhanced strength/durability/speed-whatnot, but with the caveat that he's not as powerful because he's not on the red stuff, durr.
Finally, he's arriving here as George (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Any other questions?
And now the rest of my kids in bullet points...
Prince Arthur Pendragon, Noble Asshole (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- is of royal birth and bloody well knows it (but trust us, he used to be far worse);
- does have an intimate knowledge of manners, but refrains from them if they're not worth his time;
- is here with his manservant, Merlin,
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- can be kind of a manho but only in the right circumstances, involving closed doors and no risk of pregnancy (and where else would I ever write that?);
- is the best damn swordsman in Albion - his only loss in recent years was to some chap named Lancelot - and not too bad out here, being the normal, powerless human equivalent of a tank;
- runs the Fandom Reserve along with Leto Atreides the Second, much to his occasional frustration;
- has more daddy issues than even Gabrielle could shake a stick at;
- often scarily competent at whatever he does choose to put his mind to;
- is actually kind of a good, noble and benevolent guy who just happens to also be an arrogant, reckless jackass at the same time;
- raised in an environment where magic was considered evil and punishable by death - still dealing with finding out that Merlin is a sorcerer and the magic of Fandom in general;
- is, yes, That Arthur, Once and Future King who will Unite All of Albion, although you wouldn't always say it to listen to him.
Special note on Arthur: we're not metaing Arthurian legend. That means your character is fine to know about Arthurian legends, have encountered whatever in their own canon, etc, just as long as it's not the specific events of Merlin-the-series. If you bring up the legends, Arthur will think you're insane. It's fun like that. And, hey, reality never quite looks as rosy as the stories, does it?
Ender Wiggin, Damaged Boy Genius (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- saved his world by being tricked into destroying an entire species, nevermind killing two boys in the line of his training;
- was relentlessly manipulated throughout and may have more issues than any one shrink would know how to deal with;
- has a close friend in
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- will be receiving a surprising package in the form of his sister, Valentine, when he'd been hoping for a ticket out of Fandom;
- is only a mite bit obsessed with the species he destroyed, really;
- thinks way, way, way, way, way too much;
- is a brilliant strategist, but refuses to use those talents any more if he can help it;
- is kind of withdrawn because he doesn't have a reason not to be, not because he's actually shy;
- works at Stark Industries, the only place he actually learns anything in.
Cable, Enigmatic Mayor of Fandom Town. (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- is quite possibly the most cryptic man on earth;
- stole a baby a while ago and is raising her right now. She's supposed to save the future;
- is dating
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- also runs the Wellspring Arms, where guns only get sold to the worthy;
- likes big guns. Very big guns. Not dirty.
- once tried to set up his own world order through peaceful cooperation and development of alternate technologies. That evil fiend;
- telepathic and telekinetic like woah;
- soldier-philosopher type;
- generally knows more than he lets on, and this might pertain to Fandom, too - although he doesn't always actually know, he does always, always leaves people with the impression that he does;
- is half-metal, all-mutant, scarred-up, and in possession of a left eye that flashes for reasons we've given up on sorting out.
Ray Kowalski, Rambling Cop (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- formerly a detective, but got promoted to sergeant during the zombie invasion;
- is coincidentally also not trying to think about that too much, or any of the other insanity on the island;
- blames long-time best friend/UST partner
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- is currently dating
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- works at the Fandom PD alongside Daisy Day and Dale Cooper;
- cannot believe that harpies actually freaking hit on him that time;
- has an awesome car parked out in the lot and still can't believe the freaking parking lot is in another state, what the hell;
- has no powers except rapid-fire speech and the ability to kick in a few heads.
And for my ex-pats alumni, the short version:
Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of Blades (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- used to be a teacher at Fandom;
- is now a war queen of the Zerg, looking to come out on top in the civil war for control of the species;
- dragged along
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Jeff Murdock, Welsh Flailmeister. (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- dated
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
- is moving out early in order to avoid his mother, god help us all;
- cannot talk to women and is generally considered insane because of his tendency to blurt and come up with theories about everything ever;
- knows more about porn than you ever will;
- is leaving a giant Saint Bernard, Nana, back in Fandom;
- always felt Fandom's strangeness was preferable to modern living.
And that's me. No, wait, this is me:
Len, to be found on AIM at ScaryWlsh or ShootingUnicorns (my more characterly up to date IM), 22 years old, and very, very excrutiatingly Dutch. That means I'm on the CET timezone, which is about six hours away from yous guys on the East Coast. I'm a journalism student, and I'm friendly, I swear, if inclined to ramble endlessly about things you might not even be interested in. And abuse parenthesiseseses. Hi!